Didn't do one of these last week due to personal matters. This week there's an extra large number of recs.

GEN FIC

Rewriting the Game, Dead Man's Hand, and Check and Mate by jemisardSummary: Last time they played, Moriarty didn’t play the last round. He intend to correct this. Warnings: Contains story spoiler, highlight to read. Major Character Death(Read them all. Don't stop or you will feel the misery of those of us who read them in posting time. These three fics are going to stomp your heart to pieces and then put it together again. In essence three different outcomes of the same series of events; there seems to be repetition, but don't skim past this or you'll miss things that have changed. Reading these in combination is a bit like watching the movie 'Butterfly Effect.')

Bonheurs Enfantins Trop Vite Oubliés Effacés by fyria_yiriesSummary: An entire room filled with miniscule mechanical contraptions, hanging modular geometric forms, disassembled models- a room long locked away, out of sight and out of mind. Mycroft unlocks it with a key from over twenty years ago.(Great brothery fic and a view of wee!Sherlock that's quite believable. Some angst, and a significance of 'Awww.' References to drug use.)

Apotheosis by mad_maudlinSummary: John is given a chance to take the fight to Moriarty. You know what they say about whoever fights monsters...Rating/Warning: R for violence, gore, antisocial behavior and broad-spectrum mayhem(John Watson is the BAMFiest BAMF that ever BAMfed. He makes Jack Bauer look like a cub scout. Based roughly on the ACD!Canon story "The Empty House" except John's the one who goes and the story follows him. A hint of squint here and there, but it's primarily Gen ass-kicking, the John Watson way. Whumpage, H/C, and epic badassery.)

A Peaceful Moment by i_know_its_0verSummary: The first snow of the year isn't technically any different, but Sherlock enjoys it all the same.(Warning: contains snow. Lovely little snow-positive vignette, the graphic that inspired this is linked in the art section below)

Strange Bedfellows by gloria_scottSummary: Parts of London suffer a blackout on one of the coldest nights of the year; Sherlock and John are worried about Lestrade. Well, John is, anyway.(Entirely Gen three-people-in-the same-bed cuddling doesn't happen often in any fandom, so this is a bit like finding a four-leaf clover in the middle of the Sahara.)

It Isn't Just About the Rain by randomly_rustedSummary: Mycroft's closest companion shows great bravery. (Even Mycroft's umbrella is badass. Any veterans of the Great TWOP SPN Clothing War of 2006 might find this particularly fun.)

Housing Sherlock by irisbleuficSummary: Mike knows the type: arrogant, aloof, awkwardly handsome. And very likely gay.(Mike Stamford used to have Sherlock Holmes as a flatmate. Very cute.)

Arcane Rituals by ciaranbochnaSummary: Sherlock thought it would be a convenient waste of five minutes.Warning: Graphic violence(Crossover with Hellraiser, and a stealth/ambush crossover too.)

'SQUINT' FIC*

Omega by rainbowwizard1Summary: Five things that didn’t break Greg Lestrade and one that did.Warnings: Character death, drug use, mentions of suicide(See those warnings? Multiply them by five and heed them very well. Only read this fic if you are prepared to get your soul shredded)

Only Tuesday, Thursday's Child, and Sunday Bloody Sunday by canadiangoddessSummary: John Watson wanted to live a life more interesting and Sherlock Holmes provided such a life, but what happens when you get exactly what you ask for? What happens when you take a kidnapping, an evil genius, a sociopath, a colossal miscommunication and a cabbie who gets lost? Tuesday.(These three stories are all chapters of a single story wherein there is John whumpage, some frantic scrambling, H/C, and a bit of funny here and there. Extremely mild author-declared squint, brief musings on genitalia.)

Lit From Within by fengirl88Summary: “Oh right,” John says. “So my flatmate is a famous Hollywood actress. Oh, and secretly a redhead into the bargain. I must tell him, he'll love that."(PG-rated. Interesting first-kiss scenario)

Christmas in the UK by loads of people on sherlockbbc(Even if you don't write fanfic or celebrate Christmas, give this a look. For non-Brits it's a great view into current holiday traditions in the UK and by comparison in other parts of the world and for anybody it's like a big warm seasonal hug from the members of the comm.)

I don't mind at all if you friend me! A lot of people that have friended me did so for fic and reaction posts and suchlike. You'll get a lot of babble about other fandoms too, but the personal things are under f-lock or filter and unless I friend you back you won't see them, so no worries there either. :-)

PLEASE DO NOT POST SPOILERS IN COMMENTS FOR ANYTHING UNRELEASED, OR FOR EPISODES THAT AIRED LESS THAN 48 HOURS AGO IN THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, OR FOR MOVIES RELEASED LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AGO IN NORTH AMERICA. THEY WILL BE DELETED OR SCREENED.

The definition of spoiler for this journal includes: info or images from Previews, Ads, Promos, Episode Titles, Casting Details, 'Director's Cut Clips', Rumors, Foilers and anything which is not strictly derived by analysis of previously aired episodes. (I.E. THEORY ONLY).